Why You Should Embrace Public Criticism – There is something to be gained by good constructive criticism. My favorite line, “People who are happy all the time are liars. And possible serial killers.” Go read more so you’ll get the context. 
Tweeting Dog Collar Posts Your Dog’s Movements to Twitter – I love my dogs, but really??
Wordpress SEO – The Only Guide You Need – This is a great tool for everyone who has a Wordpress Blog. I thought I knew all the SEO tricks, but after reading this, I found a few new things to implement.
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Each and every day, millions of entrepreneurs sit down at their desks and compete with each other to earn business. For many, it’s fun. For many, it’s cut-throat. For many, it’s desperate. If you run a business, how can you compete against everyone else in your niche to grow?
I face that frequently in my work and I’m sure you do too. There are some industry leaders who some how naturally and magnetically draw customers without trying, and then there are many who are close behind and vying for the rest of the potential business out there.
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We all have those failed ideas floating around in our heads and hard drives and filing cabinets. Whether we’re solopreneurs or megaconglomerates, there are successes (of course) and there are failures.
I’m not afraid to admit that I’ve had failures of my own. After all, Newton has been famously quoted (and misquoted) as saying something along the lines of “I’ve found [big number] ways to not create the lightbulb”. In fact, I’d suggest that if your business isn’t failing on products or brands from time to time, you’re not trying hard enough.
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When you’re putting together a project there will come a time when you need to file a report. But how do you do it… and how do you do it well?
I’m reminded of a story once where I worked on a project (as an employee who participated, not as the project manager). The project manager had to create a weekly report that estimated the time we spent on the project. They had each employee estimate the number of hours we worked on the project. Then they took those numbers and (fully admitted to us) padded the numbers to bring them in line with expectations (I guess we were too efficient or the project manager needed to justify their budget). It made me look at project management reporting with disdain so I’ve revised how I manage projects ever since.
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I love reading about small businesses and freelancers who find tricks that allow them to do what they do better. I cover a lot of this kind of content in my Tips In Ten newsletter where I try to provide the business “hacks” that have worked for me.
In a recent blog post at LocationIndependent.com, a site for businesses that can work anywhere (i.e., freelancers or web-based entrepreneurs), they listed a number of really useful things to do to automate business.
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Long before I started my own business I worked at a company in the typical just-out-of-college job. I worked hard and gave my best, so my on-the-job performance earned me praise from my employers… most of the time. But there is one time that stands out in mind as the exception to that experience.
The people on the executive team and the board of directors each received a printout of weekly reports every Thursday and one of my reports was bound with several others and sent out. Each and every Thursday, 52 times a year.
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If you’re a business owner who is stuck at your desk for lunch, you might be getting work done but you’re missing out on the powerful networking opportunities of a business lunch. That’s where BusinessLunchClub comes in. BusinessLunchClub is where entrepreneurs on Twitter have lunch. If you’re stuck at your desk but want to do some networking, tweet while you eat and add the hashtags #businesslunchclub, #bizlunchclub, or #blc.
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This is a true story, although the details have been changed to protect the guilty parties.
I was hired as an outside consultant to manage a project for an international corporation. They were producing a new project – a multi-million dollar project that was supposed to go to market within a specific timeframe.
On the initial call with the new product team, I was introduced to the various people including the sponsor, the team leader, and the team. The sponsor turned the meeting over to the team leader and she introduced herself and then introduced the project.
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